Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
UK startup Vertical Aerospace has received design organization approval from the the country’s Civil Aviation Authority.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Helicopter lessor LCI has been bolstered by investment from Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
FlyBlade India has signed multiple memoranda of understanding to establish advanced air mobility operations and infrastructure in India.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The 30-seat ES-30 is planned to enter service in 2028; customers include United Airlines.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
The true vision of UAM, and the time savings it can produce, can be achieved only if the process of transiting in and out of vertiports is capped.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Japan’s Yamato Holdings has invested in Regent to expand the market for its wing-in-ground-effect vehicles to include parcel delivery and logistics.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
U.S. gyroplane developer Skyworks Aeronautics plans to move testing and certification to the UK.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Liliium is encouraged by the results of independent tests of the silicon-anode lithium-ion cells that will be used in its seven-seat Lilium Jet.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Advanced air mobility (AAM) startup Altaport has announced partnerships intended to complement its vertiport automation solution.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Aura Aero is a French AAM) startup with ambitions of building a family of electric regional aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
With both securing certification and preparing for operations looming, Joby Aviation has beefed up its board of directors.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The KM-120 is designed for easy retrofit and factory installation in aircraft powered by small piston aeroengines.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
EHang says that more than 70% of compliance testing required by the CAAC has been or will be completed soon.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Ascendance conducted full-scale ground testing of its hybrid system on an iron bird test bench in 2022 and is entering the prototyping phase.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Kookiejar is a Swedish startup that plans to build out networks of affordable, small and modular vertiports with minimal infrastructure.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
AGS is a regional airport located 6 mi. southeast of Augusta, Georgia, a midsize city located along the state’s eastern border with South Carolina.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Zipline has unveiled its second autonomous logistics system, this one designed for home delivery.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Jekta received its first potential order in the form of a letter of intent from Gayo Aviation for 10 of its PHA-ZE 100 electric amphibious seaplanes.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
EASA is trying a new way to ensure the certification process is compatible with a sensible time-to-market for future aircraft using breakthrough technologies.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ben Goldstein
Åland is a cluster of islands located in the Baltic Sea between Finland and Sweden.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The energy density achieved is up to twice that provided by commercially available graphite-anode lithium-ion batteries.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The point-to-point flight is estimated to take about 10 min. in Archer’s Midnight electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
UK startup Vertical Aerospace plans to seek additional investment this year to continue development of its VX4 eVTOL air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Lockheed Martin Ventures has invested in electric seaglider startup Regent to speed up the development of a military variant of the company’s aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The newly appointed CEO of Jetson predicts that some of the earliest adopters of electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles will be private owners.
Advanced Air Mobility